Curtain-rod.



BRADFORD I. 'IR'AYTOn .OE MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR 'ro RES MANUFACTURING UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

COMPANY, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

CURTAIN-ROD.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented .my 16,1907.'

' Application filed October 26, 1908u Serial No. $240,768.

/f'o all whom, it may concern: A

Be it known that I, BRADFORD I. BnAY'roN, a citizen of the United Stateaand a resident of Milwaukee, in

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the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Rods; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

The Object of my invention is to provide a simple and effective detachable extension rod for curtains, the peculiarities of construction being such as to materially cheapen the construction of curtain-rods of this class, and at the same time render them more durable, said invention `consisting in various novel details and combination of parts as hereinafter set iorth with reference. to the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed.

In Vthe drawings: Figure 1, represents a view in elevation of a'curtain-rod embodying the features of my invention, with parts broken away and in section to better' illustrate the invention, and Fig. 2, a detail View of a portion i'V a hollow tube,A which. constitutes one member of the rod, in position to be crimped upon a cone-head, the crimping tool being-shown'in dotted lines.A

Referring by letter'to the drawings, A indicates a hollow tube, one end of which is open while the opposite end thereof is crimped into an annular recess a of a conical head B, the said head being formed with a shoulder b against which the end of the tube abuts and forms thereby a flush surface with the outer diameter of the aforesaid head. The inner shank of the head terminates in'a bevel against which rests the end of a spiral-spring C, which spring: is of slightly less diamey ter than the inner surface of the tube', its opposite end being adapted to rest upon the reduced circumferential edge of a tube D, that is fitted into the tube B, said tubestogether constituting the two members of an extensiblevrod, that are held apart by the spring aforesaid.

The outer end of tube D is provided with a similar conical head Bl as that previously described, the heads being each spun to a point for the purpose of gripping the frame of a window or sash to which they maybe adjusted, it being understood that the spring is of`sufi`1- cient tension to slightly embed the same into the wood,

and also compensate for various widths of windows.

In some instances it may be upon the faces of a window frame. To provide for this contingency, the tubes adjacent to their ends are formed with `perforations c, through which -nails or screws may be passed to fasten said rod toa window, and thus utilize the same as a substitute fof the ordinary rod and fixture. |l

By crimping the tubes to the heads in the manner described, a cheap, ornamental anddurable connection is obtained between the parts, and at the same time the tubes and heads are free to turn-upon each other, the feature of reducing the inner tube being also important in the construction 0i my rod for the-reason that I am thus enabled to dispense with al plug or cap for the spring to rest against, and the redued end also renders the tubular members easy to assem le or telescope, it being understood that these members are kept in time they areassembled by the clerk.

I claim:

A curtain-rod comprising tubular sections in telescopicconnection, the inner' tube having its telescoped end reduced, conical heads provided with' reduced shouldered Shanks fitted in the Outeryends oi. the tube-sections, an nular recesses in the Shanks. annular crimped depressions in tbe tubes tted into the annular recesses ot said Shanks, a beveled-extension projecting from the head shank of the outer tubular section, and a coiled spring interposed between the last named shanknnd the reduced end of the inner telescoped-tube, one en d of the spring being adapted to abut said reduced end of the inner telescopedtube, the opposite end of the spring being seated over the beveled sbonk extension ot the head of the outer tube.

in testimony that I claim the foregoing I ave hereunto set .my band ut Milwaukee in the county ot Milwaukee and Stute of Wisconsin in the presence ot two witnesses.

Witnesses Guo. W. YOUNG,

desirable to use the rod stockin separate lengths and sold as desired, at which 

